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“We were going for a Waldorf Astoria, 1940s New York vibe,” says James Mayne, the Manager at Prahran’s new steakhouse, Angus & Bon. "The sort of place Dene Martin or Frank Sinatra might come to hang out.”

If that was the mission, these guys have nailed it. Angus & Bon looks like it’s been time-warped straight out of New York’s golden age. All dark timber, rippling marble, wrought iron and dirty mood lighting. Of course, it helps when you inherit a gorgeous heritage building like the Prahran Post Office. The brick walls in here look like they’ve seen some sh*t—probably a lot of mailing letters and sorting envelopes, but still, it’s pretty badass.

The name’s a bit of a long story. Owners Liam Ganley and Margaret Lawless wanted to pay tribute to Greville St’s rocking 1970s music scene, particularly AC/DC (Angus & Bon refers to the band’s guitarist, Angus Young, and singer Bon Scott). But this isn’t a rock n’ roll bar per say. Don’t come in expecting to see Angus’ hand-signed guitar or anything like that. That concept is a little more high-brow—a classy New York steakhouse where you can get good meat, good burgers, and a ripping Bloody Mary.

On to the menu. Angus & Bon is divided neatly into bar and restaurant, with one serving sophisticated bar grub (ie. pan-fried flathead with mushy peas, or a steak sandwich that'll fill the void in your life), and the other handling the fancy stuff. Dry-aged Wagyu chuck steaks, seared on the wood-fired grill. Bannockburn free range chook with onion puree, shamji mushrooms and wood-grilled baby leeks. Or maybe a Borrowdale pork belly with a cassoulet of cannellini beans and shredded ham hock. The flavours are balls-to-the-wall. Nothing shy about this menu.

Swing by from midday to 3pm and you can also score a sweet Bottomless Brunch. Two whole hours to down as many Bloody Mary’s (seasoned nicely with white pepper), Mimosas or Peach Bellinis as you can handle. Will only set you back $49, too.

Trust us, you’ll be hearing the name Angus & Bon a LOT over the next few months. Head down asap and see what all the fuss is about.

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